>>2809287>pissed on top of the towersYeah. Radio down "Yellow Rain" as a courtesy to the ground crew. Rig yourself so you don't piss into the wind or all over your boots/tools/coworkers, dig out your dick and let 'er rip.
Almost shit myself on a tower once. Quick realign on a dish, 60ft tower. Passed the last gas station, "nah, i'll be fine". Got up to the site, checking things out with my coworker, "i shoulda shit, i'll make it though".
Pulling on gear to make the climb and i'm coming up with emergency shit plans, where i'm gonna go. On the tower, coworker's remoted into the radio and giving me readings, get it peaked, when I double-check everything's good, i'm turtling bad. Hands sweating, knees shaking, about to shit myself. Locked down that dish, awkward waddle over to the ladder, clenching my cheeks the whole way down the ladder (which is harder than it sounds)... threw my gear off on the tailgate of my pickup, grabbed the broom and roll of shit tickets, and waddled to the outhouse. Broom'd away the cobwebs, surprisingly the light inside still worked, checked under the seat for spiders/critters, and let 'er rip. That shithouse hadn't been used for at least 30 years.
>>2809287>birds harassing youBeen lucky there. Wasps and spiders are a bigger issue. I look at the tower with binos from the ground, if there's any question about wasps on the climb then I'll take a can of industrial killer with me. I've had to use it before.
On the ground, rattlesnakes are a problem. I carry a magazine with snakeshot for dispatching those. Kill a few a year.
Inside the shack, rats/mice and their droppings scare me. Hantavirus isn't something to fuck with and it's bad in this part of the country.
Client said "you're gonna love that site" in >pic related. Upon arrival, texted him "you've got to be fucking kidding me". Mouse/rat shit everywhere.
